Diphtheritic myocarditis: An unusual and reversible cause of heart failure

• Main Authors: Balaji Arvind (Author), Vineeta Ojha (Author), Sudheer Kumar Arava (Author), Sandeep Seth (Author), Sivasubramanian Ramakrishnan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Diphtheria is a life-threatening infectious disease caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Although the disease is seen infrequently in the postvaccination era, sporadic cases continue to occur. Cardiac involvement, in the form of myocarditis, is the most serious manifestation of diphtheria and is t...